Canadian Solar’s quarterly battery storage shipments increased 73% year-on-year, with 3.7GWh delivered in the second quarter of 2026.

A roundup of some of the best user-posted views, analysis and reveals from across the energy storage community in the past week.

Entries for the Energy Storage Awards 2026 close soon, and with it, the last chance to take the stage alongside the industry’s finest, and Special Guest Speaker, Ben Fogle.  

Solar-plus-storage project, claimed as the first of its kind in Africa to deliver 24/7 renewable electricity, has come online at a copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Saudi Arabia’s Principal Buyer of electricity has awarded four service contracts for large-scale battery storage projects to consortia featuring ACWA Power and Engie.

Battery energy storage degradation guarantees need to evolve as the surrounding market does, writes Faisal Mohd at Envision Energy Australia.

Egypt’s Minister of Industry laid the foundation stone at Sungrow’s BESS factory site in the Suez Canal Economic Zone earlier this week.

What are the technology improvements of the 4th generation of LFP batteries, and what do they mean for BESS applications?

Scatec has started full commercial operations at its gigawatt-scale Obelisk solar-plus-storage project in Egypt.

Elestor claims its hydrogen-iron flow battery delivers 75%+ round-trip efficiency, a 20-25 year lifespan, and 15€/kWh capex for long-duration storage.